Change carrier



May 31, 1932. N. MARRION 1,861,020

CHANGE CARRIER Filed July 1, 1931 INVENTOR Patented May 31, 1932 PATENT'orria NICHOLAS Manama, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

CHANGE CARRIER Application filed July 1,

This invention relates to improvements in change carrying and deliveringdevices of he character worn by conductors on street cars and by otherpersons for the purpose of R readily making change.

The object of this invention is to provide a novel, small, and eiiicientchange carrying and dispensing device for the use or" persons receivingand handling money'to enable them 1 to quickly and accurately supply theproper change for the same.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device which will bestrong and durable and into which coins may be readily placed and easilydischarged therefrom.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a coin guide meansparticularly adapted to change carriers of such a character that thecoin can be guided to and entered 29 in the coin drop unerrin ly andwith facility topromote rapidity in the movement.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists in thenovel construction hereinafter described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings and set forth in the claims hereunto appended, itbeing understood that various changes in form, proportion, size andminor details of construction within the scope of the claims may beresort- 39 ed to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantages of the invention, still for the purpose of showing apreferred embodiment thereof, reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings in which like numerals designate like parts and in which IFigure 1 is a front elevational view of a change carrier with partsbroken away.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the change carrierwith my improved chute positioned thereon.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken through the center of Figure 2 online 33.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the change chute.

Figure 5 is a back view of the chute with a number of coins placedtherein.

Figure 6 is a sectional View taken on line 66 of Figure 5.

The advantages of my invention become 1931. Serial No. 548,142.,

obvious when one reviews and considers the coin devices in present use.These devices are as a general rule used by conductors on street cars,newspaper boys, and other persons that receive small change and mustwork quickly. The change carriers of the ordinary type are provided withcoin slots in the upper end thereof, said slots being large enough topermit the passage of only one coin at a time thereby making it averyslow and tedious process when one has a great number of coins to insertsuccessively. In the case of the street car conductors, especially inthe one-man cars, although the conductors can make change readily enoughthey cannot deposit the coins in the carrier with either ease or speed.Now, to overcome such difficulty, I have provided a chute into which, agreat number of coins may be placed, and fed into the slot without anyaid whatsoever from the conductor or wearer of the coin carrier, withoutjamming or choking the throat of the machine, thereby saving much timeand labor.

Referring more specifically to the drawings in detail, the inventioncomprises a change carrier 32 having a neck portion 33, a top cover '34,a coin slot therein 35 and a coin ejector 36. The improved coin chutewhich constitutes the novel invention in this instance, has a bodyportion 37 a chute member 38, an extension 39, a neck portion 40 and athroat 41. To the under side of the chute is secured a check member 43which extends upwardly and over the edge and into the path of the coins.The neck portion of the present device is provided with a set screw 44for securing said chute to the neck portion of the change carrier 32.

My improved coin chute as herein shown is designed so as to be fitted tochange carriers such as those already in use, but, can be made directlyto the change carrier when manufactured. I

While I have shown only one type of change carrier, it is to beunderstood that my improved device may be attached to any make of changecarriers, or, may be made directly thereto.

In operation the neck portion 40 of the chute is positioned over theneck portion 34 of the change carrier and secured thereto by the setscrew 44. When a large stack of coins, as shown in Figures 5 and 6, areplaced within the concaved chute 38 they are checked by the springmember 43, and when the first coin slides off the extension 39 and fromunder the check s ring 43, the weight of the succeeding coins orces thepreceding coin into the slot. A like operation is performed in rapidsuccession until all the coins have passed into the carrier. While Ihave shown 'only'one check spring, it is to be understood that I mayemploy a plurality of such means, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus described my invention What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent in the United States of America,

1. A filler for a coin container comprising a coin guidin chute intowhich a plurality of coins maybe placed and said chute being providedwith a projection for checking the rush of coins into said container.

2. A filler for a coin container com arising a change guiding chute,said chute having a concave bottom with the extended inner end elevatedslightly abow said container, a check member on one side of said chute,said check member extending into path of said coins, and in spacedrelation with respect to the extended inner end of said chute.

3. A filler for a coin container comprising a coin guiding chute intowhich a plurality of coins may be placed, said chute being provided witha projection for checking the rush of the coin into said containerandhaving a neck portion and means of securing said filler to said coincontainer as shown and described. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

NICHOLAS MARRION.

